Andrew Dodd

Drawing on decades of reporting and more than 50 case studies, the book explores what it means to be Murdoch and what that tells us about journalism, democracy and the concentration of media ownership in Australia and around the world.

Joining me are the book's authors, journalists and journalism professors, Andrew Dodd from the University of Melbourne.

Welcome back to Forth Estate.

We wouldn't usually have a guest on so soon after having been on, but it's a pleasure to have you back.

I mean, they are not innocent victims, although sometimes they are victims of Murdoch's media outlets.

But they also, it's a kind of dance with the devil and they don't introduce the kind of either regulations or the accountability mechanisms to actually keep in check media outlets like News Corp.

Matthew Rickardson and Andrew Dodd are our guests on Forth Estate today.

We're talking about their new book, Getting Murdoch'd, How Murdoch's Media Wields Power and Punishment.